in reply to Re^2: Check word presence WITHOUT hashes or grep
in thread Check word presence WITHOUT hashes or grep

Thank you all for your help. You aren't perl monks, but perl gods !

Just a question to my mother, what does the
$words /= 2; part mean ? Divide $words into 2, to get 250 000 ?

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Re^4: Check word presence WITHOUT hashes or grep
by Your Mother (Archbishop) on Apr 30, 2008 at 05:49 UTC

    :) That's right. /= is the operator for "divide yourself" or "divide in place." There's probably a better or more technical term. There are plenty more where that came from. See perldoc perlop for more fun.

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